Boulton Paul P-108 Sea Balliol T21

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The Boulton Paul P-108 Sea Balliol T21 aircraft was a monoplane military advanced trainer aircraft built for the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force(RAF) and the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) by Boulton Paul Aircraft.

Developed in the late 1940s the Balliol was designed to replace the North American Harvard trainer and used the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, with the Sea Balliol a naval version for deck landing training.

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 35 ft 1½ in (10.71 m)
• Wingspan: 39 ft 4 in (11.99 m)
• Height: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
• Wing area: 250 ft² (24.2 m²)
• Empty weight: 6,730 lb (3,059 kg)
• Loaded weight: 8,410 lb (3,823 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 35 V-12 piston, 1,245 hp (929 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 250 kn (288 mph, 464 km/h) at 9,000 ft
• Range: 574 nmi (660 mi, 1,063 km)
• Service ceiling: 32,500 ft (9,909 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,790 ft/min (9.1 m/s)
• Wing loading: 33.6 lb/ft² (158 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.148 hp/lb (0.243 kW/kg)
• Endurance 3 hours at 220 mph (355 km/h)
• Climb to 10,000 ft 6 minutes

Armament

• Rockets: Provision for 4 × "60-lb" rockets.